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[Ticker] EU flies rainbow flag on anti-homophobia day

May 17th, 2019 News from EUobserver

EU countries repeated their "unswerving commitment to promoting and protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex [LGBTI] persons" around the world in a statement by the EU foreign service on the international anti-homophobia day on Friday. They noted that 72 states worldwide continue to criminalise same-sex acts, but homophobia is also on the rise under some right-wing governments in Europe, such as Hungary and Poland.